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Page 83
... put the following note : - " Sir John Hawkins has preserved very few Memorabilia of Johnson . There is , however , to be found in his bulky tome , a very excellent one upon this subject . In contradiction to those , who , having a wife ...
... put the following note : - " Sir John Hawkins has preserved very few Memorabilia of Johnson . There is , however , to be found in his bulky tome , a very excellent one upon this subject . In contradiction to those , who , having a wife ...
Page 86
... put the following note : - " My worthy friend Mr. Langton , to whom I am under innumerable obligations in the course of my Johnsonian History , has furnished me with a droll illustration of this question . An honest carpenter , after ...
... put the following note : - " My worthy friend Mr. Langton , to whom I am under innumerable obligations in the course of my Johnsonian History , has furnished me with a droll illustration of this question . An honest carpenter , after ...
Page 96
... put the following note : - " See an accurate and animated statement of Mr Gastrel's barbarity , by Mr. Malone , in a note on Some account of the Life of William Shakspeare , ' prefixed to his ad- mirable edition of that Poet's works ...
... put the following note : - " See an accurate and animated statement of Mr Gastrel's barbarity , by Mr. Malone , in a note on Some account of the Life of William Shakspeare , ' prefixed to his ad- mirable edition of that Poet's works ...
Page 103
... put the following note : - " The phrase ' vexing thoughts , ' is , I think , very expressive . It has been familiar to me from my childhood ; for it is to be found in the Psalms in Metre , ' used in the Churches ( I believe I should say ...
... put the following note : - " The phrase ' vexing thoughts , ' is , I think , very expressive . It has been familiar to me from my childhood ; for it is to be found in the Psalms in Metre , ' used in the Churches ( I believe I should say ...
Page 107
... putting me in fear of being unhappy . " MURRAY . " But , Sir , truth will always bear an examination ... put the following note : - " Dr . Adam Smith , who was for some time a professor in the University of Glasgow , has ...
... putting me in fear of being unhappy . " MURRAY . " But , Sir , truth will always bear an examination ... put the following note : - " Dr . Adam Smith , who was for some time a professor in the University of Glasgow , has ...
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